Implementing CCSS in Washington State:


Smarter Balanced Digital Library work

Higher education reps on the State Network of Educators (SNE):
Janet
Frost
assistant professor, mathematics education
Washington State University
Dutch
Henry
Professor of English
Shoreline Community College
Leslie
Huff
Assistant Professor
Saint Martin's University
Kristine
Lindeblad
Teacher
Washington State University
Mark
Oursland
Mathematics Professor
Central Washington University
Eileen
Reilich
Associate Professor
Saint Martins University
David
Scott
Professor
Univ. of Puget Sound
Sharon
Straub
Director of Professional Development, School of Education
Gonzaga University
Higher education reps on the State Leadership Team (SLT):

Noreen Light, Washington Student Achievement Council
Kristen Maxwell, Assistant Professor, Heritage University



Summary report of key national video resources related to the Common Core:

Shared public folder (from the Hunt Institute) of downloadable resources for communicating about the Common Core State Standards:
https://app.box.com/s/4m7gjixj3pt1dgja16im
As soon as I can I will vet these and other resources I have and do my own public folder with a small set of recommended resources, but if you have a little time now and want to do your own vetting check out the Hunt materials and let me know what you think!
BillM

Tri-State Rubric for Assessing Common Core curricular materials

NY Times article on EdX software to score essays (similar to approach being taken by Smarter Balanced assessment for at least some portion of its writing assessment)

New Oregon web site for Core to College project

Smarter Balanced higher education web pageand specific link to Achievement Level Descriptors and College readiness work (live 11/27/12)

Video explaining Common Core to lay audience, particularly parents

Collection of video resources for teachers and school leaders around implementing the Common Core
PACE study on implications of CCSS and next-generation assessments on English Language Learners in California

Illinois Toolkit for using the Common Core to address Secondary/Postsecondary Alignment Issues

Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) resources on college- and career-readiness
Mathematical Education of Teachers II
Common Core Watch (from Fordham Institute)